How to Get Sour Milk Odor Out of Car Carpet

Written by jayzee a| 13/05/2017

Spilling milk on your car carpet can result in a sour milk odour. (Container of milk. Plastic milk bottle image by L. Shat from Fotolia.com)

If you spill milk or any food that contains milk on your car carpet, you must move quickly to try to remove the fresh stain. If you do not attempt to clean and remove the stain, you may face a sour milk odour as a result of the untreated stain. Sour milk odour can make driving or even sitting in your car uncomfortable. Luckily, you can still remove sour milk odour days after the stain has already set.

Things you need

Sponge or paper towel

Baking powder

Water

Lemon juice

Remove any remaining liquid using a paper towel or sponge.

Sprinkle the area with baking powder until it covers the area.

Sprinkle water on the baking powder and moisten the area.

Let baking powder and water dry completely. This may take overnight.

Loosen the dried baking powder and vacuum.

Treat the area with lemon juice if you can still smell the sour milk. Spray area with lemon juice.